I thought this was just me, I have Skyrim Redone installed which needs assets from Dawnguard, so I installed the non dawnguard version...earlier today 600mbs downloads and I suddenly have a dawnguard quest...maybe it's free DLC now? D:

Well to be safe, I deleted the files. If Bethesda is indeed giving the dlc out for free I will recover them at that time, but I really don't want to have those files on my computer if they aren't legit/buggy/etc.

Agreed that some announcement should clarify what has happened here. I suspect that someone somewhere either at Valve or Bethesda royally Fd up and the Dawnguard files are surely a mistake. I have unticked the option in my loader and have no intention of playing it.I'm only into free content if it's legit. I had no plans to purchase any of the Skyrim DLC anyway so not having it is no loss. Hopefully someone does not take heavy heat for this kind of mistake. I bet the person that screwed this up is already feeling horrible enough, I feel bad for them if that is the case.

But really, Steam or Bethesda should have the kahonies and fess up and help us understand what has happened here. They'll be amazed with the honesty of most people.

Agreed that some announcement should clarify what has happened here. I suspect that someone somewhere either at Valve or Bethesda royally Fd up and the Dawnguard files are surely a mistake. I have unticked the option in my loader and have no intention of playing it.I'm only into free content if it's legit. I had no plans to purchase any of the Skyrim DLC anyway so not having it is no loss. Hopefully someone does not take heavy heat for this kind of mistake. I bet the person that screwed this up is already feeling horrible enough, I feel bad for them if that is the case.

But really, Steam or Bethesda should have the kahonies and fess up and help us understand what has happened here. They'll be amazed with the honesty of most people.

I'd say it was likely somebody from steam, since it was added to everybodies DLC menu as well for skyrim.

I'd say it was likely somebody from steam, since it was added to everybodies DLC menu as well for skyrim.

Depends on how much direct control developers have over their products on Steam, I would think.

I don't think the devs have control over purchases on steam, they just pretty much send out patches (and if the dawnguard mentioned was sent out in a patch, it wouldn't be in the DLC menu) sometimes interact with the community for some games, and get paid. Though I may be wrong.

Depends on how much direct control developers have over their products on Steam, I would think.

I don't think the devs have control over purchases on steam, they just pretty much send out patches (and if the dawnguard mentioned was sent out in a patch, it wouldn't be in the DLC menu) sometimes interact with the community for some games, and get paid. Though I may be wrong.

I would agree that it was probably on steam, hard to say though without any concrete facts. I think it is a reasonable speculation that this was doozy of screw up by someone and not an intentional "we just feel like being generous" gift.